Fellows mentioned in this story: Shelee Kimura, Cohort V

From Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

Hawaiian Electric today said it increased its production of renewable energy last year, thanks to a full year of geothermal production and bump in private rooftop solar symptoms.

Hawaiian Electric’s consolidated renewable portfolio standard — which it said represents renewable energy used by customers as a percentage of total utility sales — in 2021 was at 38.4%, up from 34.5% in 2020. The renewables come from O‘ahu, Hawai‘i island and Maui County.

“Everyone owns a piece of this remarkable progress,” said Shelee Kimura, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric in a news release. “It marks a huge step forward in Hawai‘i’s transition away from reliance on imported fossil fuels and by continuing to work with our communities, government and other stakeholders we’re confident we can achieve our goal of reducing carbon emissions from power generation 70% by 2030.”

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